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Discarded
How Technofossils Will be Our Ultimate LegacyDiscarded tells the story of the fossils we will leave as relics into the far future. It explores how the things we now so abundantly produce and discard ^—^ plastic bottles, mobile phones, concrete flyways, chicken bones, aluminium cans and many more ^—^ might alter with burial and petrify, to become future geology.
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How to Read a Rock
Our Planet's Hidden StoriesThe history of our planet is written in its geology – this lavishly illustrated guide show you how to read it
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Fossils and Earth Time
Evolution and BiostratigraphyFelix Gradstein is Professor Emeritus at Oslo University, Norway and visiting Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth, UK. From 2000 to 2008, he was chair of the International Commission on Stratigraphy. Under his leadership major progress was made with the formal definition of chronostratigraphic units from Precambrian through Quaternary. For his fundamental work concerning the Geologic Time Scale, geochronology in general, quantitative stratigraphy and micropaleontology, the European Geosciences Union awarded him in 2010 the Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal. He is Chair of the Geologic Time Scale Foundation and teaches courses in quantitative stratigraphy and the geologic time scale. Jan Zalasiewicz is geologist, paleontologist, and stratigrapher. He is Emeritus Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, UK and a member of the Anthropocene Working Group. He focuses on geology and Earth history, in particular on fossil ecosystems and environments that span over half a billion years of geological time. He has taught students how to interpret rocks and rock structures for more than 20 years in the field and lecture halls, as well as leading field trips for geological groups. Professor Mark Williams, a prominent palaeontologist at the University of Leicester, specializes in using the fossil record to decipher past biological changes, offering valuable insights into current and future biospheric transformations in the Anthropocene era. With over three decades of experience, he has conducted extensive research across diverse terrains worldwide, from tropical regions to polar landscapes. Professor Williams is an esteemed member of the Anthropocene Working Group, focusing on human-induced alterations to ecosystems, including the impacts of introduced species in various environments like San Francisco Bay and Leicestershire. His work aims to address solutions for mitigating human-induced changes to the biosphere, a crucial aspect of the emerging Anthropocene epoch. By studying past mass extinctions caused by natural events, such as asteroid strikes and volcanic eruptions, Professor Williams seeks to guide humanity in avoiding similar catastrophic outcomes in the future. Anna Waśkowska is a professor of Earth Sciences at the AGH University of Krakow. She graduated in geology from the Jagiellonian University, where she earned her Ph.D. in Geological Sciences. She began her professional career at the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environmental Protection at AGH, where she achieved habilitation and was awarded the title of professor. Her research focuses on geology and paleontology, with a particular emphasis on foraminifera, exploring their biodiversity, taxonomy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography. The Carpathians are a special area of interest, where she investigates the paleontological record, lithostratigraphy, and paleogeographical development. She is the author of over 130 scientific articles, three academic textbooks, and numerous conference abstracts. For more than 25 years, she has been teaching courses in geology, Earth’s history, and geotourism. She also organizes conferences and specialized courses in micropaleontology. Prof. Waśkowska is actively involved in science popularization and geotourism. She runs the Micropaleontological Foundation Micropress Europe, supporting the development of the micropaleontological community and is a co-organizer of The European Micropaleontological Reference Centre, dedicated to preserving and providing access to paleontological collections.
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Die verborgene Geschichte der Erde
Sprühende Vulkane, fossilienreiche Erdschichten und Weltraumgestein: eine spannende Reise durch die Erdgeschichte.Gesteine lesen lernen: Was Felsen, Steine, Mineralien über die Vergangenheit erzählen.Reich bebildert mit über 200 Farbfotos.Eine geologische Exkursion durch die fantastischen Gesteinsformationen der Erde.Gesteine erzählen Geschichten aus vergangenen Welten. Sie erzählen von Landschaften und Meeren, die von Dinosauriern und riesigen Meeresreptilien bewohnt wurden, von Trilobiten und Korallen. Aber diese Geschichten können noch viel weiter reichen. Anhand von Spuren im Gestein können wir die Geschwindigkeit und Stärke von Strömungen in verschwundenen Flüssen und längst ausgetrockneten Meeren nachvollziehen, die Kräfte nachempfinden, die in einer rasenden Lawine oder bei einem Meteoriteneinschlag entfesselt wurden, den Weg von weiß glühendem Magma durch die Erde verfolgen. Gesteine tragen die Erinnerung an die Auswirkungen elementarer Naturkräfte in sich und geben Hinweise auf Klimawandel und Energieverbrauch.«Die verborgene Geschichte der Erde» entziffert die Gesteine um uns herum und lässt die Geschichte der Erde Schicht für Schicht nachvollziehen. Es spannt einen Bogen von der prähistorischen Verschiebung der Kontinente über den heutigen Einfluss des Menschen bis hin zu Weltraumgestein und behandelt eine Fülle von Themen wie Diamanten-Vulkane, alte Küstenlinien, Flüsse, Wüsten und Korallenriffe, wie Tiere die Gesteine verändert haben, die Entstehung von Schlamm, städtische Gesteinsschichten, vom Menschen geschaffene Gesteine und Mineralien und Technofossilien (technische Objekte und Strukturen, die eingebettet in geologische Schichten erhalten bleiben).Der Autor entschlüsselt die vielen Hinweise auf den Gesteinsoberflächen und enthüllt die Geheimnisse und Geschichten, die in den Gesteinen verborgen liegen.
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La Tierra en un guijarro : viaje al pasado remoto de nuestro planeta
¿Cuántas historias encierra un simple guijarro? Historias de su pasado lejano, historias de esta tierra nuestra en unos tiempos en que se parecía poco a la que conocemos ahora. Jan Zalasiewicz, como en el famoso verso de William Blake ùVer el mundo en un
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How to Read a Rock
Our Planet's Hidden Stories€ 38,50 -
The Cosmic Oasis
The Remarkable Story of Earth's BiosphereApparently alone in the Universe, the Earth glows bright with life, a cosmic oasis of biodiversity. This book considers life on Earth, and human interactions with it culminating in our domination of the living world, and asks what we have learnt about our biosphere, the risks it faces, and how we might become stewards of the life around us.
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The Anthropocene
A Multidisciplinary Approach“An accessible tour de force and an ideal starting point for anyone seeking an understanding of the Anthropocene predicament.”John R. McNeill, Georgetown University “Earth System scientists have proposed the Anthropocene and geologists are confirming its reality. This work explores more important questions: what does the Anthropocene really mean for humanity and what are the many ways we could deal with it?”Will Steffen, Australian National University “The big market for this book in Australia is the "educated general reader" and they will love it. It is not so much an "introductory course book" for them, but rather a review book that empowers them to understand and take action. It is a tour-de-force.”Libby Robin, author of The Environment: A History of the Idea “An indispensable guide… The Anthropocene maps cultural and scientific definitions of its subject in ways that experts will find provocative and students accessible.”Green Letters “This book should be required introductory reading for anyone interested in learning about the Anthropocene, and particularly for those concerned about the broad but intertwined challenges facing humanity, our environments, and the planet.”The Holocene"A well-developed guide for readers seeking to better understand not only the Anthropocene as a period, but as a culture. Readers come away from the book with a sense of urgency that the realities brought about by our current epoch – climate change, resource stress, and extinctions – will require global and multidisciplinary efforts to effect a hopeful future."The Geoscientist
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The Anthropocene
A Multidisciplinary Approach"An accessible tour de force and an ideal starting point for anyone seeking an understanding of the Anthropocene predicament."—John R. McNeill, Georgetown University "Earth System scientists have proposed the Anthropocene and geologists are confirming its reality. This work explores more important questions: what does the Anthropocene really mean for humanity and what are the many ways we could deal with it?"—Will Steffen, Australian National University "The big market for this book in Australia is the "educated general reader" and they will love it. It is not so much an "introductory course book" for them, but rather a review book that empowers them to understand and take action. It is a tour-de-force."—Libby Robin, author of The Environment: A History of the Idea "An indispensable guide… The Anthropocene maps cultural and scientific definitions of its subject in ways that experts will find provocative and students accessible."—Green Letters "This book should be required introductory reading for anyone interested in learning about the Anthropocene, and particularly for those concerned about the broad but intertwined challenges facing humanity, our environments, and the planet."—The Holocene"A well-developed guide for readers seeking to better understand not only the Anthropocene as a period, but as a culture. Readers come away from the book with a sense of urgency that the realities brought about by our current epoch – climate change, resource stress, and extinctions – will require global and multidisciplinary efforts to effect a hopeful future."—The Geoscientist
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Maarten Vanden Eynde
Digging up the FutureKaterina Gregos is an art historian, curator, and writer.
€ 55,50 -
Nature and Value
This book brings together essays that individually and as a whole present a detailed and rigorous multidisciplinary exploration of the concept of nature and its wider ethical and political implications. The essays together present a revaluation of the natural world with a view to addressing some of the fundamental concerns of our time.
€ 41,50 -
Nature and Value
This book brings together essays that individually and as a whole present a detailed and rigorous multidisciplinary exploration of the concept of nature and its wider ethical and political implications. The essays together present a revaluation of the natural world with a view to addressing some of the fundamental concerns of our time.
€ 162,50